2ZR Turbo Yaris

[06YarisRS]

Well, as cold as it is, I went out tonight for about a half hour to start my attack plan. I soaked all the manifold stud/nuts and exhaust shield components with Releasall. Removing the exhaust shield and manifold support and manifold may have to happen from both the top and the bottom, of course with the hood and wiper cowling removed. Fortunately most of the fasteners aren't rusted badly at all. Some of them are actually rust-free.

I also managed to get the stuck spring bolts at the manifold loosened and backed off. My next trip to the garage and the exhaust piping will be removed and hopefully the manifold.

These nuts should come off fairly easily, but I'll wiggle the nuts back and forth to slowly cut through the rust on the studs.



That donut looks a bit small to me! I'm amazed there wasn't an exhaust leak. It fit into the midpipe well, so I'm wondering if the Corolla and xD have slightly different manifold flanges.